Former England and Liverpool striker
Emile Heskey has turned down an offer of £90 a week to sign for Championship side Blackpool.

The 34-year-old is a free agent after leaving Aston Villa at the end of last season and has been linked to a host of clubs.

Heskey has dismissed Blackpool’s offer of first-team football and £90 a week (Getty)

Ipswich, Hull and his first club Leicester are all rumoured to be in the running for the ex-Wigan man’s signature.

But Blackpool have attempted to steal a march on their rivals by getting to Heskey first – albeit with a paltry offer that was dismissed out of hand by the forward, reports the Daily Mail.

Heskey, who has 62 international caps to his name and played in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, is holding out for a better offer.

The £90 deal mirrors that offered by Blackpool to another former Liverpool striker, Robbie Fowler, last summer. That too was unsuccessful.

One player the Seasiders appear to have more chance of bringing to Bloomfield Road is QPR’s controversial midfielder Joey Barton.

Barton, who must serve a 12-match suspension at the start of the season after his red card against Man City on the last day of the previous campaign, has been training with Fleetwood but has ruled out the prospect of joining the League Two outfit.

It now appears that Ian Holloway’s side are the favourites to secure him on a temporary arrangement.